The Resident Assistant: Applications and Strategies for Working with College Sudents in Residence Halls - Softcover

BLIMLING GREGORY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787298670 ISBN 13: 9780787298678

Publisher: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Resident assistants (RAs) combine student and staff identities to supervise undergraduate students in dormitories and residence halls. This textbook is presented by Blimling (Appalachian State U.) as a textbook for resident assistant courses or as a manual for resident assistants where there is no course for credit. He first provides a historical primer on the development of residence halls and the functions of RAs, before discussing issues of student development and peer influence. Confrontation and crisis management are discussed in terms of behavior problems, mediation, suicide intervention, and violence and crime. Common social issues and RA "survival skills" are addressed in separate sections. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Edition details

• Publisher: Kendall Hunt Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787298670
• ISBN 13: 9780787298678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 358